A Couple Of Poems

As the TV weather people have been barking again about the freezing rain, thought I'd record the words floating around in my head.  Also a little meditation about this "connected" world of ours.

 Here's hoping the ice leaves town quickly.  Many people have things to do and places to go this weekend, and I have a voice recital Sunday night!


Ice Storm Warning
By CK Armistead
12/20/13

With stealth
And menace
This precipitation
Falls and freezes
Silently coating
Roads
Tree limbs
Power lines
Hearts.
Turning some
Into hoarders
Of bread
Milk
Toilet paper
Booze.
Making many
Lose their
Holiday Spirit
Making many more
Slip, slide, fall,
Crash.
The only way
To fight ice
Is to resist
The chill,
Stay off of it,
Keep your heart warm
And  ice will
Melt.


Community
By C.K. Armistead 12/20/13

Whether right next door
Or halfway 'round the world,
You have friends.
They don't have to be
Present physically
To be supportive
Friendship depends
On a meeting of minds,
Of hearts
Even more than
Meeting face to face.
Many who reach out
Across cyberspace
Are just as close
As those down the street.
A strange paradigm
Of these times
That words on a screen
Can bring people
Closer
Give them hope
Encouragement
Laughter
And love.
And when you do
Meet them face to face
It  makes the time
Together sweeter,
More companionable
Because you are not
Strangers
But friends.